Xinhua (November 4), quoting a white paper published on November 4 by the State Council
Information Office said that China has developed the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
(BDS) into a top-class system with cutting-edge technologies, pioneering design and powerful
functions. Titled "China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System in the New Era," the white paper
said the BDS has reached a world-leading level in core technologies in terms of hybrid
constellation, inter-satellite links, and signal structure. It said BDS is compatible with other
navigation satellite systems and capable of providing diversified and specialized services. It
also highlighted BeiDou's outstanding batch production capability, saying that in less than three
years, 18 rockets had carried 30 BDS satellites into orbit, "a pace unmatched by any other
country."
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